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Letter From Dad~<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Dear Child,<\/p>\n

You may not know me, but I know everything about you. \u00a0I know when you sit down and when you rise up.<\/p>\n

I am familiar with all your ways. Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. For you were made in my image. \u00a0In me you live and move and have your being. For you are my offspring. I knew you even before you were conceived. \u00a0I chose you when I planned creation. You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. You are fearfully and wonderfully made.<\/div>\n
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\nI knit you together in your mother’s womb. And brought you forth on the day you were born. I have been misrepresented by those who don’t know me. I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love.<\/p>\n

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you. Simply because you are my child and I am your Father. I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. For I am the perfect Father. Every good gift you receive comes from my hand. For I am your provider and I meet your needs.<\/p>\n

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.\u00a0Because I love you with an everlasting love. My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore. And I rejoice over you with singing. I will never stop doing good to you. For you are my treasured possession. I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul.<\/p>\n

And I want to show you great and marvelous things. \u00a0For if you seek me with all your heart, you will find me. \u00a0So, Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. For it is I who gave you those desires. I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine. For I am your greatest encourager.<\/p>\n

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles. \u00a0When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you. As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart.<\/p>\n

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. And I will take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.<\/p>\n

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus. \u00a0For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed. And to tell you that I am not counting your sins. Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you.<\/p>\n

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love.\u00a0If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me. \u00a0And nothing will ever separate you from my love again. \u00a0When it’s time for you to Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen.<\/p>\n

I have always been your Father, and will always be your Father.<\/p>\n

My question is….Will you be my child<\/strong><\/em>?
\nI am waiting for you.<\/p>\n

With Love, Your Father,<\/strong><\/em>
\nAlmighty God<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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